Six months ago, Xie Lei boarded a plane for London to complete an exchange programme. She     1     that she chose the year­long exchange programme with the     2     to set up a business in China after graduation.It was the first time that she had left her     3     .When she came to England, she lived with a host family,     4     members always helped her. At first，she had to get used to     5     in a new country and learn how to use public transport and how to ask for things she didn’t know the English names for.     6     , she also had to face another challenge of the academic requirements.When writing an essay，she was told by the tutor to acknowledge     7     other people had said if she cited their ideas,     8     he wanted to know her own opinions.She also found students’ participation included as part of the final result. Luckily, after a few weeks, she could speak     9     in class on traditional Chinese art successfully. And she feels much more     10     in the UK now.

2 . Natalie Browning married the love of her life on June 27. Two weeks before the _________ day, her grandfather, Nelson May, had a stroke (中风) and couldn’t be at the _________. He dreamed of being able to _________ with her in her wedding dress. And since he was unable to travel to the _________, the bride came to him!

After the wedding, Natalie took a _________ from Virginia to Florida, where her grandpa lives. She _________ her wedding dress and did her makeup at the airport. Then she arrived at her grandpa’s _________ ready to dance with him in his living room. “For months he’d been so_________to dance with me on my wedding and I’m just so happy that I was able to _________ him that experience,” Natalie shared.

The video of their dance was __________ on Facebook, and it soon spread quickly. Natalie, the owner of a jewelry business in Virginia Beach, was so happy to have shared that __________ moment with her grandpa.

“I __________ a small business called Great Value that is centered on reminding people that they are deeply valuable,” she said. “I’ve been __________ to share that belief more in my own life and wanted my grandpa to know that he is very __________ to me. And even though he was unable to come to my wedding, the dance he so __________ to have with me was valuable too. So, we made it happen.”

4 . I had to work as a substitute teacher (代课老师) before finding a full-time teaching job. One day, I _________my first substitute job at a school. The _______ said that I had to arrive at school at 8:00 am when I would sign in.

As it was my _______ day at this school, I made sure of leaving plenty of _______ to get to school. I got up early so I _______ at the school at about 7:50 am. I sat in my car for ten minutes playing with my phone to _______ time. Then I walked into the teaching building and up to the reception (接待) desk at 8:00. When I told the receptionist my _______ , she shouted at me for being _______ and said that the headmaster was managing the class until I _______.

I said the email I received ________ told me to arrive at school at 8:00, but the receptionist said what I said was a(n) ________. I finally gave up trying to ________ with her, went up to the classroom, and took over the class from the ________.

During the ________, I was sitting in the office when the headmaster ________ and asked why I was late. I ________ that the email had given the wrong information. He said that even though that was what the email said, I ________ should have gotten to school before 8:00 am because that’s what ________ people do, in case something unexpected might happen.

The headmaster’s ________ had a strong influence on me, and then I ________ to become a smart person. Since then I have never been late for school.

5 . One day, two little boys were walking along the road. They overtook a woman_______a large basket of apples.

The boys thought the woman looked very_______and tired, so they said, “Are you going to town? If you are, we will carry your_______.”

“Thank you,”_______the woman, “You are very kind. You see I am weak and ill.” Then she told them that she was a _______, and had a lame son to_______.

She lived in a cottage three miles away, and was now going to the_______to sell the apples which grew on the only tree in her garden. She wanted the money to_______her rent.

“We are going the same way you are,” said the boys. “Let us have the basket.” And they took_______of it, one on each side, and trudged (艰难地走) along with________hearts.

The poor widow looked glad, and said that she hoped their mother would not be________with them. “Oh, no,” they replied, “Our mother has taught us to be kind to everybody, and to be useful in any way________we can.”

She then offered to give them a few of the ripest apples for their________. “No, thank you,” said they, “We do not want any pay for what we have done.”

________arriving at home, she told her lame son what had happened on the road, and they were both made happier that day by the________of the two boys.

The other day, I saw a little girl stop and________a piece of orange peel, which she threw into the gutter. “I wish the boys would not throw orange peel on the sidewalk,” said she. “Someone may tread upon it, and________.”

Perhaps some may say that these are little things. ________they are. But we must not wait for________to do great things. We must________with little labors of love.

6 . I was working at the toy counter of a “dime” store in Orlando, Florida. I was 15, and the year was 1952. I had to_______about my age to get a job, and I barely supported myself on the $25/week salary. But this was the South, and it was a time when things were_______for everybody.

It was a few days after Christmas, and we had a lot of dolls left_______on the toy counter, as well as many more dolls in a storage closet. My young voice trying to_______the passing shoppers to our sale didn’t seem to get anyone’s_______—shoppers continued to walk by, ignoring me.

Suddenly, a small girl walked by, and I handed her a doll. Her mother stopped to find out_______her daughter had this doll, and I explained our_______sale. The girl had stars in her eyes and nothing was going to make her_______this doll. I had made my first_______.

I continued, handing anyone walking by, ________their age, a doll, and soon I had the two________behind the counter rushing to ring up all the sales. I was feeling very________, and confident about the success.

Then I handed a doll to a small,________dressed girl. Her eyes lit up. I explained to her mother about the wonderful sale.________, her mother took the doll away from the little girl and handed it back to me. Quickly ________filled the little girl’s eyes as her mother explained gently that there was no________to buy this doll and apologized to her. I________her that this was a really good________, but the mother just shook her head.

Just then a well-dressed, middle-aged woman said, “Wait—let me________this doll for your little girl.” She took the doll from my hands and handed it________back to the little girl.